Police: Mom tested positive for drugs at time of infant's death

Child was found unresponsive

5:32 PM,
May 9, 2013

Ke'Zaria Machelle Henry

Written by

Mark Bell
The Daily News Journal

A Murfreesboro mother tested positive for cocaine and other drugs the same day police responded to a local apartment complex in reference to her infant daughter's death.

Lakeenta Henry is charged with felony murder, child neglect and child endangerment in the death of her 1-year-old daughter, Ke'Zaria Machelle Henry.

Murfreesboro Police Detective Tommy Roberts wrote in Lakeenta Henry's arrest report Wednesday he was first called to Henry's Venture Point apartment on Mercury Boulevard Nov. 16 by fellow police officers, who had initially responded to an unresponsive infant call. ...